CabJan 6, 2023
Scientists left a hamster wheel in the woods, and wild mice, frogs even slugs had a wild time running in it. #Science #Mice #Rodents #Hamster https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.0210
Wheel running in the wild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The importance of exercise for health and neurogenesis is becoming increasingly clear. Wheel running is often used in the laboratory for triggering enhanced activity levels, despite the common objection that this behaviour is an artefact of captivity and ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Show threadRyan Peters
@cabd I'm impressed that slugs came in at the #2 slot
Jan 6, 2023 at 3:27pmWeb
Show threadCabJan 6, 2023
@ryan I do wonder whether they're picking up their own slime trails and following 'another' snail of the same type. That'd be a pretty sluggy thing to do. They're surprising creatures, from a behavioural point of view, but they're far from smart!